Shane Richardson for NRL CEO? Key league figures say ‘over our dead bodies’:
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...r/news-story/82136469296ceb7aeea29b68d549f249
Forgetting about all the other stuff, I actually think Richo would do a really good job of NRL CEO. He knows the game, he knows the system and he knows the commercial/financial side aswell. However, Hoops makes a good point that as much as us as Souths members and fans love him, he is a very polarising figure in the game and does have a lot of enemies. I'd love to see him get in but when you think about it, that's not what we need. We need someone who is well liked and the clubs can get behind. Abdo would be my choice.
Gorden Tallis wants an outsider as next NRL CEO. They can’t come from club land:
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...e/news-story/254c0d548e42ea6bfa2b260862d9e90d
From Sporting News,
Next NRL CEO must address the grassroots, says Greg Alexander
Former Penrith Panthers premiership winning captain Greg Alexander says the incoming NRL CEO needs to understand and address issues at the grass roots level of the game.
The NRL is on the hunt for a new CEO after
Todd Greenberg announced his resignation from the post, effective immediately, on Monday afternoon.
Greenberg had been under pressure for months, with reports suggesting he would have been axed at the start of the season if not for the coronavirus pandemic.
He was granted what amounted to a stay of execution to help deal with the COVID-19 shut down, but eventually had no other choice but to step down.
According to Paul Kent, the last straw was Greenberg's inadequate handling of the Warriors' questions and concerns around the resumption of the league.
The general conensus around league land is that Greenberg is a competent administrator, but that his time at the top had come to an end.
That's the view shared by Alexander, who praised Greenberg's understanding of what was happening in clubland, saying he "did a good job in difficult circumstances."
But, like others, Brandy said there have been underlying issues bought to the forefront as a result of the coronavirus shutdown.
"There was a big push to oust Todd and I guess it took the coronavirus for all of us to understand what was happening with the NRL's finances," he said on
Big Sports Breakfast on Tuesday morning.
"There's been a fair bit of mystery surrounding the NRL's spending over recent times and it took this to unearth some of the problems that the game and the clubs didn't even know we were in.
"Todd's a good man and a good administrator, but I guess it was time."
When asked what direction the game should take when installing a new CEO, Alexander said it should be someone who can adress the grassroots rather than focusing on the top end.
"The CEO needs to know the game," he said.
"Besides the financial problem the game's in because of the coronavirus, it was heading that way anyway. I think it was unsustainable how the game was run, and I think we've found that out in terms of a very top-heavy office at the NRL.
"But I think the man that comes in needs to know the state of the game and where it needs to be fixed.
"That starts at the bottom.
"I'm a junior coach. Junior rugby league is struggling, but no one wants to admit it.
"They get numbers and they say 'it's slightly increasing' but it's not slightly increasing. It's decreasing.
"They've been clever in the way they've used touch footy numbers and other numbers - female numbers - to make the game look like it's doing okay, but it's not doing okay at grass roots level.
"So, the CEO that comes in need to understand about where the game starts and that's at the junior level."
